https://hello.houston.co.nz/houston-technology-group-blog en Mon, 09 Nov 2026 10:09:30 GMT 2026-11-09T10:09:30Z en https://hello.houston.co.nz/houston-technology-group-blog/casestudies/silc-scoping <div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"> <a href="https://hello.houston.co.nz/houston-technology-group-blog/casestudies/silc-scoping" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"> <img src="https://hello.houston.co.nz/hubfs/Blog4.png" alt="Timesheet &amp; Leave Management Solution" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"> </a> </div> <div class="section-border" style="pointer-events: none;"> <span style="font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">How </span> <span class="sqsrte-text-color--lightAccent" style="font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">HPS</span> <span style="font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;"> helped SILC define the requirements, integrations and roadmap for a customised digital timesheet and leave management solution.<br></span> <span style="background-color: transparent;">&nbsp;</span> </div> <div class="section-border" style="pointer-events: none;"> <span style="font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">How </span> <span class="sqsrte-text-color--lightAccent" style="font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">HPS</span> <span style="font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;"> helped SILC define the requirements, integrations and roadmap for a customised digital timesheet and leave management solution.<br></span> <span style="background-color: transparent;">&nbsp;</span> </div> <div class="content-wrapper"> <div class="content"> <div class="blog-item-wrapper blog-basic-grid-item-wrapper"> <div class="blog-item-inner-wrapper"> <div class="blog-item-content-wrapper"> <div class="blog-item-content e-content"> <div class="sqs-layout sqs-grid-12 columns-12"> <div class="row sqs-row"> <div class="col sqs-col-12 span-12"> <div class="sqs-block website-component-block sqs-block-website-component sqs-block-html html-block"> <div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-text-block-container"> <div class="sqs-html-content"> <h3 class="preSlide slideIn" style="white-space: pre-wrap; transition-timing-function: ease; transition-duration: 0.6s; transition-delay: 0.0870229s;">Challenge</h3> <p class="sqsrte-large preFade fadeIn" style="white-space: pre-wrap; transition-timing-function: ease; transition-duration: 0.6s; transition-delay: 0.0916031s;">Supported Individualised Lifestyle Choices (SILC) relied heavily on manual processes for managing employee timesheets and leave requests. These processes created additional administrative work for the team, required frequent follow-ups to resolve discrepancies, and made it difficult to accurately capture location-based time data.</p> <p class="sqsrte-large preFade" style="white-space: pre-wrap; transition-timing-function: ease; transition-duration: 0.6s; transition-delay: 0.0961832s;">With multiple operational roles and existing systems already forming part of the organisation's workflow, there was also uncertainty around how a new digital solution could integrate with the tools SILC was already using.</p> <p class="sqsrte-large preFade" style="white-space: pre-wrap; transition-timing-function: ease; transition-duration: 0.6s; transition-delay: 0.100763s;">Before committing to development, SILC needed a clearer understanding of what the future solution should look like, how it could integrate with existing systems, and what would be required to deliver it.<br><br></p> <h3 class="preSlide" style="white-space: pre-wrap; transition-timing-function: ease; transition-duration: 0.6s; transition-delay: 0.105344s;">The Approach</h3> <p class="sqsrte-large preFade" style="white-space: pre-wrap; transition-timing-function: ease; transition-duration: 0.6s; transition-delay: 0.109924s;">Houston Productivity Solutions (HPS) initiated a scoping and solution-design engagement with SILC to assess the feasibility of a customised timesheet and leave management application.</p> <p class="sqsrte-large preFade" style="white-space: pre-wrap; transition-timing-function: ease; transition-duration: 0.6s; transition-delay: 0.114504s;">HPS worked closely with key stakeholders across SILC to understand how different teams and operational roles currently managed timesheets, leave and location-based information. The engagement focused on understanding both the business requirements and the technical considerations that would influence the future solution.<br><br></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <img src="https://track-ap1.hubspot.com/__ptq.gif?a=442457421&amp;k=14&amp;r=https%3A%2F%2Fhello.houston.co.nz%2Fhouston-technology-group-blog%2Fcasestudies%2Fsilc-scoping&amp;bu=https%253A%252F%252Fhello.houston.co.nz%252Fhouston-technology-group-blog&amp;bvt=rss" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="min-height:1px!important;width:1px!important;border-width:0!important;margin-top:0!important;margin-bottom:0!important;margin-right:0!important;margin-left:0!important;padding-top:0!important;padding-bottom:0!important;padding-right:0!important;padding-left:0!important; "> custom software case study NFP Mon, 09 Nov 2026 03:50:20 GMT https://hello.houston.co.nz/houston-technology-group-blog/casestudies/silc-scoping 2026-11-09T03:50:20Z Admin https://hello.houston.co.nz/houston-technology-group-blog/casestudies/vibes <div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"> <a href="https://hello.houston.co.nz/houston-technology-group-blog/casestudies/vibes" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"> <img src="https://hello.houston.co.nz/hubfs/Blog2-1.png" alt="We didn’t need more software. We needed the right software." class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"> </a> </div> <div class="content-wrapper"> <div class="content"> <div class="blog-item-wrapper blog-basic-grid-item-wrapper"> <div class="blog-item-inner-wrapper"> <div class="blog-item-content-wrapper"> <div class="blog-item-content e-content"> <div class="sqs-layout sqs-grid-12 columns-12"> <div class="row sqs-row"> <div class="col sqs-col-12 span-12"> <div class="sqs-block website-component-block sqs-block-website-component sqs-block-html html-block"> <div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-text-block-container"> <div class="sqs-html-content"> <h4 class="preFade fadeIn" style="white-space: pre-wrap; transition-timing-function: ease; transition-duration: 0.6s; transition-delay: 0.109615s;">Why <span class="sqsrte-text-color--lightAccent">Houston Productivity Solutions</span> chose custom software to reduce complexity and operational cost.</h4> <h3 class="preSlide" style="white-space: pre-wrap; transition-timing-function: ease; transition-duration: 0.6s; transition-delay: 0.115385s;">Challenge</h3> <p class="sqsrte-large preFade" style="white-space: pre-wrap; transition-timing-function: ease; transition-duration: 0.6s; transition-delay: 0.121154s;">The existing operational software had become a source of unnecessary administrative and technical overhead.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <img src="https://track-ap1.hubspot.com/__ptq.gif?a=442457421&amp;k=14&amp;r=https%3A%2F%2Fhello.houston.co.nz%2Fhouston-technology-group-blog%2Fcasestudies%2Fvibes&amp;bu=https%253A%252F%252Fhello.houston.co.nz%252Fhouston-technology-group-blog&amp;bvt=rss" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="min-height:1px!important;width:1px!important;border-width:0!important;margin-top:0!important;margin-bottom:0!important;margin-right:0!important;margin-left:0!important;padding-top:0!important;padding-bottom:0!important;padding-right:0!important;padding-left:0!important; "> custom software case study Mon, 09 Nov 2026 01:25:22 GMT https://hello.houston.co.nz/houston-technology-group-blog/casestudies/vibes 2026-11-09T01:25:22Z Admin